Lives of the First World War

"A Burnley soldier named John William Ormerod, who is in the Black Watch Regiment, and lives at 23 Marlborough-street, is reported as missing. Several times have his people written to the war office, but have not been able to get any definite information beyond the fact that he has been missing since October 27th. He has a wife and two children, and they received the last communication from him on November 17th. Pte. Ormerod was called up as a reservist on August 5th, and journeyed with the Expeditionary Force to France in September. A returned soldier, who has been home wounded stated that a big battle occurred on the 27th October, and out of 800 Black Watch men engaged, only 110 answered the roll call on the following day. Pte. Ormerod is a native of Burnley and well known in the town. Previous to the war he was a weaver at Belle Vue Mill. He enlisted in the army in 1900, and served seven years with the colours. He went through the South African War, and holds the medal with four bars."

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